Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2 October 1826

Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia

[2 October 1826]

At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia, held at the University on Monday, Oct. 2d. 1826, at which were present James Madison, James Breckenridge, Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, Chapman Johnson, and James Monroe.

The board being apprised of the death of Thomas Jefferson Rector, proceeded to fill the vacancy in that office: and James Madison was elected.

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Title: Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2 October 1826
Author: Madison, James
Date: 2 October 1826

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Cite as: “Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 2 October 1826,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0132. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, p. 121.]